National Enterprise Park , Knockmay , Portlaoise Co. Laois
N/APlanning application 2560604
Laois - Laois County Council
Proposed Development
construct a new manufacturing unit including offices and welfare facilities, plus associated entrances, car parking, lighting, bicycle shelter, a service yard, and signage. Permission is also sought for associated site services and works and landscaping To include a 2.5m high palladium fence to the front with stone piers, and palisade fence to the sides rear and all associated site works
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Application received
19 Sept 2025
Further information requested
12 Nov 2025
Application Details
- Location
- National Enterprise Park , Knockmay , Portlaoise Co. Laois
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- PERMISSION
- Planning Authority
- Laois County Council
- Site Area
- 1.61 ha
- Floor Area
- 5955 sq m
- Residential Units
- 1
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 19 September 2025
- Status
- FURTHER INFORMATION
- Decision
- N/A
Location
Planning Applications Nearby
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construct a new manufacturing unit including offices and welfare facilities, plus associated entrances, car parking, lighting, bicycle shelter, a service yard, and signage. Permission is also sought for associated site services and works and landscaping To include a 2.5m high palladium fence to the front with stone piers, and palisade fence to the sides rear and all associated site works
National Enterprise Park , Knockmay , Portlaoise Co. Laois
develop the following • Construction of a warehouse unit with associated office accommodation. • Overall combined floor area is c. 4,612 sq.m. See following breakdown: • warehouse unit is c. 3,745 sq.m • office space is c. 632 sq.m, with a plantroom of c. 94 sq.m. • external drivers’ toilet is 6 sq.m. • Sprinkler Tank & Pump House is 110 sq.m. • ESB substation is 25 sq.m. • The height of building is 14.5 meters to its parapet on all 4 sides. • 2 access are proposed from the east (existing), and west (new entrance). • Provision of no. 50 car parking spaces (comprising 3 no. accessible spaces, and 5 no. EV spaces), and 50 bicycle spaces to serve the proposed development. • All ancillary works including landscaping, boundary treatments, internal roadways, car parking, service yard and associated infrastructure both above and below ground level.
Site 9 , National Enterprise Park Knockmay , Portlaoise Co. Laois
Complete hammerhead entrance to site, to erect boundary fence, walls, entrance gates and all associated site works.
Site 10_ 2 J17 National Business Park , Knockmay . , Portlaoise County Laois
erect boundary fence, walls and entrance gate
Clonminam Industrial Estate , Knockmay , Portlaoise
develop (i) an office building containing office accommodation, staff welfare facilities, a showroom and auction arena with a proposed gross floor area of 2178 sqm; and (ii) a workshop building containing a spray booth, loading docks, office accommodation and staff welfare facilities with a proposed gross floor area of 3389 sqm. The development will also comprise associated vehicular entrances, machinery storage yards, loading bays, vehicle wash bay, car parking areas, street lighting, bicycle shelter facilities, signage, site services, landscaping works, including perimeter fencing, walls and piers, stormwater management system incorporating attenuation tanks, nature based SUDs solutions, flow-control chamber, petrol interceptor, and outfall connection and all ancillary and associated site development works at National Enterprise Park, Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The site area is 7.662Ha.
National Enterprise Park , Knockmay Portlaoise , Co Laois
develop (i) an office building containing office accommodation, staff welfare facilities, a showroom and auction arena with a proposed gross floor area of 2178 sqm; and (ii) a workshop building containing a spray booth, loading docks, office accommodation and staff welfare facilities with a proposed gross floor area of 3389 sqm. The development will also comprise associated vehicular entrances, machinery storage yards, loading bays, vehicle wash bay, car parking areas, street lighting, bicycle shelter facilities, signage, site services, landscaping works, including perimeter fencing, walls and piers, stormwater management system incorporating attenuation tanks, nature based SUDs solutions, flow-control chamber, petrol interceptor, and outfall connection and all ancillary and associated site development works at National Enterprise Park, Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The site area is 7.662Ha.
National Enterprise Park , Knockmay Portlaoise , Co Laois
Develop (i) an office building containing office accommodation, staff welfare facilities, a showroom and auction arena with a proposed gross floor area of 2178 sqm; and (ii) a workshop building containing a spray booth, loading docks, office accommodation and staff welfare facilities with a proposed gross floor area of 3389 sqm. The development will also comprise associated vehicular entrances, machinery storage yards, loading bays, vehicle wash bay, car parking areas, street lighting, bicycle shelter facilities, signage, site services, landscaping works, including perimeter fencing, walls and piers, stormwater management system incorporating attenuation tanks, nature based SUDs solutions, flow-control chamber, petrol interceptor, and outfall connection and all ancillary and associated site development works at National Enterprise Park, Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The site area is 7.662Ha.
National Enterprise Park , Knockmay Portlaoise , Co Laois
create new site entrance and all associated site works
Clonminam Industrial Estate , Portlaoise , Co. Laois
reduce /alter existing site boundary, de-commission existing waste water treatment system and connect to main sewer, as well as retention permission for sheds on site
Knockmay , Portlaoise , Portlaoise
construct 6,108 sqm plastic bottle and aluminium can recycling plant, associated process wastewater treatment plant, car parking, footways, drainage, services, boundary treatment, landscaping together with all ancillary works at lands at Knockmay, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. The proposed development is Phase 1 of a €20 Million recycling facility in the J17 National Enterprise Park in Portlaoise for post-consumer plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans. It involves the construction of a recycling plant with an annual capacity of 35,000 tonnes on a fully serviced 1.62 hectare (ha) site. It will be the first "bottle to bottle" recycling plant in Ireland
Knockmay , Portlaoise , Co Laois
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